more christmas pictures to treasure!

Sydney with our friend Lana at the
Grand Rapids Griffins hockey game.

Jackson enjoying the hard hits!

All the kids waiting for the game to begin!
While we were at the game we saw a family a few rows
back wearing their 147 Million Orphans gear!!!




Nana B teaching Sydney and I how to make her
famous Molasses-Ginger Cookies! Nana B will
celebrate her 90th birthday in June!

a christmas to remember

This was the first year of our 11 year marriage that we spent in Michigan with Kurt's family.

We had a blast!

Thankfully there was about 3-4 inches of snow left on the ground for us.

Just enough for sledding, snowmen, snowball fights and ice-fishing!

Jackson seemed to catch on to opening presents.

It was our first Christmas as a family of five!

New Blog Design

Please excuse our dust!  We are trying to find a blog background design that will show up on our iphones.  For some reason when we open up our blog on our phones everything is black except for titles!

Easy Applesauce

I've been trying to find healthy and easy recipes to make for my family.

I came across a great recipe that we finally tried from a family at Raising Homemakers.

Crockpot Applesauce

1 bag (about 3 lbs) or approximately 12-13 apples (whatever your crockpot can hold)
Core, slice and peel your apples
Place in a crockpot and sprinkle a small amount of cinnamon on top
Cover and cook on low for about 6-8 hours
Use a potato masher to mash the apples into applesauce

I served it warm!  No sugar was added so all in the house could enjoy!

Let me know what you think!